inner

IPA: ˈɪnɝ

An inner part.
(South Africa) A duvet, excluding the cover.
A forward who plays in or near the center of the field.
(cricket) A thin glove worn inside batting gloves or wicket-keeping gloves.
(UK politics) One who supports remaining in the European Union.
(military, firearms) The 2nd circle on a target, between the bull (or bull's eye) and magpie.
(science fiction) An inhabitant of the inner planets of the Solar System

Being or occurring (farther) inside, situated farther in, located (situated) or happening on the inside of something, situated within or farther within contained within something.
Close to the centre, located near or closer to center.
Inside or closer to the inside of the body.
Of mind or spirit, relating to the mind or spirit, to spiritual or mental processes, mental, spiritual, relating to somebody's private feelings or happening in somebody's mind, existing as an often repressed part of one's psychological makeup.
Not obvious, private, not expressed, not apparent, hidden, less apparent, deeper, obscure; innermost or essential; needing to be examined closely or thought about in order to be seen or understood.
Privileged, more or most privileged, more or most influential, intimate, exclusive, more important, more intimate, private, secret, confined to an exclusive group, exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence being near a center especially of influence.

Examples of "inner" in Sentences

We have a lot of people who move out to what we call the inner face.
When this occurs, they hold conversations with what I call their inner voice.
But what Michelle says really balances things out is what she calls her inner jock.
"No; I have it in -- you know what you call the inner sanctuary -- the light here is not good enough."
"No; I have it in -- you know, what you call the inner sanctuary -- the light here is not good enough."
This extended sense of the term inner guru follows from the Buddhist analytical tool known as "giving the name of the result to the cause."
And he says, or seems to say, that the pressures of his battle with the Republican Congress in 1995, the government shutdown, the Starr investigation into Whitewater created the atmosphere in which he yielded to what he calls his inner demons.